Rebels quickly seized the northern half of the country, the world's largest cocoa producer.

A French-brokered peace deal helped end fighting.

Despite the cease-fire and the unity government, which includes members from the rebellion, opposition parties and Gbagbo's party, Ivory Coast is still divided along a cease-fire line that separates the rebel north from the loyalist south.

The government says the conflict killed more than 3,000 people and drove another one million from their homes.